Chords for Key to the Highway - Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
Tempo:
93.3 bpm
Chords used:
F
Bb
C
Fm
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] [F] [Bb]
[Fm] [Cm] [Bb]
[Db] [F] You're listening to Sonny Terry [Fm] and Brownie McGee, [B] two [C] old friends.
[F] We've known each other for 25 years.
[E] [A] We don't get to see each [E] other so often because [D] they're busy touring around this country [Bb] or around the world.
[F] And [Fm] I'm traveling too.
But every now and [Gm] then our [F] paths cross and we get an opportunity to sit down [Gm] and [F]
swap a few songs and stories.
[Ab] [C] [Ab]
[Fm] [Bb]
[F] [B] [Fm] [C]
[Bb] [Fm] [Bb] [Fm] [C]
[Fm] [C]
[Bb]
[Fm] [Bb] [F]
[Bb] [F]
[Fm] [C] [Fm] One more kiss [C] darling, [Bb] just before I go
[F] If I leave this [Bb] time I [C] [Bb] may not come back [F] no more
[Bbm] [Fm] [C] [Fm] Sure the sun keeps [F] [C] on shining
[Bb] In the good Lord's skies above
[F] I'm gonna keep on walking [C] the highway till I [F] find me someone to
[Bb] [F] [C] I [Fm] woke up [C] this morning
Put [Bbm]
on [Bb] my highway shoe
[F] Didn't take me [Fm] very long to [C] have [Bb] those old [Eb] highway [F] blues
What do you do about it?
[C] [F] I walked down on [C] the highway
That [Bb] old gray hump of mine had gone
It's [F] nothing about the girls that I [C] love that I'm [Gm] sure [F] we're walking
Walking down Sonny [C] boy, I'm going to hear you
[F] [Ab] [C]
[Bb] [Cm] [Fm]
[F] [Bb] [F]
[Bb] [F] [C] [Bb]
[Fm] [F] [Bb]
[F]
[G] [A] [F]
[C] I've been [Fm] from the Golden Gates, [C] California
To [Bb] the rocky shores of Maine
I've [F] traveled the highway so long till the highway is my middle
[Bb] [Fm] [C] I'll eat [Fm] my breakfast [F] right here [C] in New York City
Could [Bb] get my dinner in New Orleans
[F] I'm the highway, [C] [F] well I've
[Bb] [Fm] [C] been [Fm] so long
So long [C] people, [Bb] I soon will say goodbye
[F] On and on the [C] highway [Bb] until the day [F] I die
[Bb] Hey, [Bbm] [F] hey, hey, hey
[Bb]
[Fm] [Cm] [Bb]
[Db] [F] You're listening to Sonny Terry [Fm] and Brownie McGee, [B] two [C] old friends.
[F] We've known each other for 25 years.
[E] [A] We don't get to see each [E] other so often because [D] they're busy touring around this country [Bb] or around the world.
[F] And [Fm] I'm traveling too.
But every now and [Gm] then our [F] paths cross and we get an opportunity to sit down [Gm] and [F]
swap a few songs and stories.
[Ab] [C] [Ab]
[Fm] [Bb]
[F] [B] [Fm] [C]
[Bb] [Fm] [Bb] [Fm] [C]
[Fm] [C]
[Bb]
[Fm] [Bb] [F]
[Bb] [F]
[Fm] [C] [Fm] One more kiss [C] darling, [Bb] just before I go
[F] If I leave this [Bb] time I [C] [Bb] may not come back [F] no more
[Bbm] [Fm] [C] [Fm] Sure the sun keeps [F] [C] on shining
[Bb] In the good Lord's skies above
[F] I'm gonna keep on walking [C] the highway till I [F] find me someone to
[Bb] [F] [C] I [Fm] woke up [C] this morning
Put [Bbm]
on [Bb] my highway shoe
[F] Didn't take me [Fm] very long to [C] have [Bb] those old [Eb] highway [F] blues
What do you do about it?
[C] [F] I walked down on [C] the highway
That [Bb] old gray hump of mine had gone
It's [F] nothing about the girls that I [C] love that I'm [Gm] sure [F] we're walking
Walking down Sonny [C] boy, I'm going to hear you
[F] [Ab] [C]
[Bb] [Cm] [Fm]
[F] [Bb] [F]
[Bb] [F] [C] [Bb]
[Fm] [F] [Bb]
[F]
[G] [A] [F]
[C] I've been [Fm] from the Golden Gates, [C] California
To [Bb] the rocky shores of Maine
I've [F] traveled the highway so long till the highway is my middle
[Bb] [Fm] [C] I'll eat [Fm] my breakfast [F] right here [C] in New York City
Could [Bb] get my dinner in New Orleans
[F] I'm the highway, [C] [F] well I've
[Bb] [Fm] [C] been [Fm] so long
So long [C] people, [Bb] I soon will say goodbye
[F] On and on the [C] highway [Bb] until the day [F] I die
[Bb] Hey, [Bbm] [F] hey, hey, hey
[Bb]
Key:
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Bb
C
Fm
Gm
F
Bb
C
_ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _
[Db] _ [F] You're listening to Sonny Terry [Fm] and Brownie McGee, _ _ [B] two [C] old friends.
[F] We've known each other for 25 years.
[E] _ [A] We don't get to see each [E] other so often because [D] they're busy touring around this country [Bb] or around the world.
[F] And [Fm] I'm traveling too.
_ But every now and [Gm] then our [F] paths cross and we get an opportunity to sit down [Gm] and [F]
swap a few songs and stories.
_ [Ab] _ [C] _ _ [Ab] _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [B] _ [Fm] _ [C] _
[Bb] _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Fm] _ _ [C] _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ [C] _ [Fm] _ _ _ One more kiss [C] darling, _ _ [Bb] just _ before I go
_ [F] If I leave this [Bb] time I [C] [Bb] may not come back [F] no more _
[Bbm] _ [Fm] _ _ [C] _ [Fm] Sure the sun keeps [F] [C] on shining
[Bb] In the good Lord's skies above
[F] I'm gonna keep on walking [C] the highway till I _ [F] find me someone to
_ [Bb] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ I [Fm] woke up _ [C] this morning
Put [Bbm]
on [Bb] _ my highway shoe
_ [F] Didn't take me [Fm] very long to [C] have [Bb] those old [Eb] highway [F] blues
What do you do about it?
_ [C] _ [F] I walked down _ on [C] the highway
That [Bb] old gray hump of mine had gone
_ It's [F] nothing about the girls that I [C] love that I'm [Gm] sure [F] we're walking
Walking down Sonny [C] boy, I'm going to hear you _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [C] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _
_ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ I've been [Fm] from the Golden Gates, _ [C] California
_ To [Bb] the _ rocky shores of Maine
I've [F] traveled the highway so long till the highway is my middle
_ [Bb] _ [Fm] _ _ _ [C] I'll eat [Fm] my breakfast _ [F] right here [C] in New York City
Could [Bb] get my dinner in New Orleans
_ _ [F] I'm the highway, _ [C] _ _ [F] well I've _
_ [Bb] _ [Fm] _ _ _ [C] been [Fm] so long
So long [C] people, _ [Bb] I soon will say goodbye
_ [F] On and on the [C] highway _ [Bb] until the day [F] I die
[Bb] Hey, [Bbm] [F] hey, hey, hey
_ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _
[Db] _ [F] You're listening to Sonny Terry [Fm] and Brownie McGee, _ _ [B] two [C] old friends.
[F] We've known each other for 25 years.
[E] _ [A] We don't get to see each [E] other so often because [D] they're busy touring around this country [Bb] or around the world.
[F] And [Fm] I'm traveling too.
_ But every now and [Gm] then our [F] paths cross and we get an opportunity to sit down [Gm] and [F]
swap a few songs and stories.
_ [Ab] _ [C] _ _ [Ab] _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [B] _ [Fm] _ [C] _
[Bb] _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Fm] _ _ [C] _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ [C] _ [Fm] _ _ _ One more kiss [C] darling, _ _ [Bb] just _ before I go
_ [F] If I leave this [Bb] time I [C] [Bb] may not come back [F] no more _
[Bbm] _ [Fm] _ _ [C] _ [Fm] Sure the sun keeps [F] [C] on shining
[Bb] In the good Lord's skies above
[F] I'm gonna keep on walking [C] the highway till I _ [F] find me someone to
_ [Bb] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ I [Fm] woke up _ [C] this morning
Put [Bbm]
on [Bb] _ my highway shoe
_ [F] Didn't take me [Fm] very long to [C] have [Bb] those old [Eb] highway [F] blues
What do you do about it?
_ [C] _ [F] I walked down _ on [C] the highway
That [Bb] old gray hump of mine had gone
_ It's [F] nothing about the girls that I [C] love that I'm [Gm] sure [F] we're walking
Walking down Sonny [C] boy, I'm going to hear you _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [C] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _
_ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ I've been [Fm] from the Golden Gates, _ [C] California
_ To [Bb] the _ rocky shores of Maine
I've [F] traveled the highway so long till the highway is my middle
_ [Bb] _ [Fm] _ _ _ [C] I'll eat [Fm] my breakfast _ [F] right here [C] in New York City
Could [Bb] get my dinner in New Orleans
_ _ [F] I'm the highway, _ [C] _ _ [F] well I've _
_ [Bb] _ [Fm] _ _ _ [C] been [Fm] so long
So long [C] people, _ [Bb] I soon will say goodbye
_ [F] On and on the [C] highway _ [Bb] until the day [F] I die
[Bb] Hey, [Bbm] [F] hey, hey, hey
_ _ [Bb] _